1.Effects of Periplaneta americana extract Ento-A on immune function in immunosuppressed mice
Miao TANG ; 药用特种昆虫开发国家地方联合工程研究中心 ; xin Wan YU ; qing Tao WU ; ying Xiu MA ; Heng LIU ; gui Cheng ZHANG ; Li BAI ; Huai XIAO
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2018;34(1):72-76
Aim To investigate the effects of Periplane-ta americana extract Ento-A on the immune function in immunosuppressed mice . Methods Immunosup-pressed mouse model was induced by intraperitoneal injection of cyclophosphamide in KM mice .To evalu-ate the effects of Ento-A on the immune function in im-munosuppressed mice , neutral red method and MTT assay were used respectively to detect the effects of En-to-A on the phagocytosis of peritoneal macrophages and T cell proliferation rate in mice; with sheep red blood cell as immunogen , the effects of Ento-A on the pro-duction of serum hemolysin were evaluated;peripheral blood was tested and immune organ index calculated . Results Compared with model control group , the high, medium and low doses of Ento-A could improve the expression of serum hemolysin in immunosup-pressed mice ( P<0.01 ) , and increase the spleen in-dex(P<0.01) and thymus index (P>0.05), signifi-cantly increased the content of WBC ( P<0.01 ) , PLT ( P<0.01 ) , HGB ( P<0.01 ) , while the contents of RBC was on the rise , with no significant difference ( P>0.05 ) in peripheral blood , significantly enhanced phagocytic function and T lymphocyte proliferative abil-ity in a dose-dependent manner ( P<0.01 ) .Conclu-sion Ento-A can enhance the immune function of im-munosuppressed mice .
2.Effect of Kangfuxin on ulcerative colitis induced by trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid in rats
Han-Chao ZHANG ; Peng-Chuan WANG ; Heng LIU ; Fu-Neng GENG ; Xiu-Ying MA ; Miao HE ; Cheng-Gui ZHANG ; Yue LI
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2018;34(4):496-501
Aim To study the effect of the Kangfuxin liquid on 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) induced ulcerative colitis in rats, and to explore its mechanism. Methods Male SD rats were divided into normal control, model control, SASP groups, and Kangfuxin low,medium and high dose groups. In ad-dition to the normal control group, other groups were induced ulcerative colitis with TNBS solution. Disease activity index (DAI), organ index, colon mucosa damage index (CMDI) and histopathological score (HS),the expression levels of IL-4, IL-17 in serum, and MPO, EGF, TGF-β1 in colonic mucosa were de-termined. Results The DAI score showed that the model was successful. Compared with the normal group,the level of IL-4 and IL-17, EGF and TGF-β1 in the model group were reduced significantly, while the CMDI score,HS score,colon index and MPO were elevated significantly. The DAI, CMDI, HS and MPO were reduced (P<0.05 or P<0.01), and the levels of IL-4, IL-17, EGF and TGF-β1 increased signifi-cantly(P <0.01). Conclusions Kangfuxin liquid can effectively alleviate ulcerative colitis induced by TNBS in rats. The mechanism may be related to the down-regulation of MPO expression and up-regulation of IL-4,IL-17,EGF and TGF-β1 levels.
3.Overview of in vitro skin models of transdermal drug delivery systems
Yan LIU ; Xiaolei HU ; Kehong XU ; Hairong ZHAO ; Xiumei WU ; Zizhong YANG ; Chenggui ZHANG ; Yu ZHAO ; Pengfei GAO
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine 2024;34(2):122-128
Skin modeling of transdermal drug delivery system refers to experimental models that mimic the structure and function of human skin to explore and evaluate absorption,penetration,and efficacy of medicines in transdermal drug delivery.It provides an alternative to traditional human skin experiments and reduces the use of human skin in medical research,which is convenient,controllable,and cost effective.For skin models of transdermal drug delivery systems,this article introduces commonly used animal skin models,artificial skin models,and recombinant human skin models from the perspective of the transdermal absorption pathway of medicines,and analyzes their advantages,disadvantages,and applications so provide references the research and development of transdermal formulations and topical therapies.